A woman of strength July 13, 2023 – Posted in: Authors

Born in Hong Kong in 1932 then raised in Singapore, Datin Patricia was working as a librarian at the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS) when she wrote her first book. Before this, she studied arts at the University of Malaya, where she met her husband, a medical specialist. Through observing and sharing knowledge with the researchers and becoming interested in what they sought out, she learned how to write her own historical book. Datin…

Earl Drake June 27, 2021 – Posted in: Authors

Earl Drake is a retired Canadian diplomat. He has served in Pakistan, Malaysia and Burma and later as Canada’s Executive Director at the World Bank in Washington. He was Ambassador, first to Indonesia, then to China. He has worked at Vancouver’s Simon Fraser University and the University of British Columbia. He is the author of Gayatri Rajapatni: The Woman behind the Glory of Majapahit (2015)

Abdur-Razzaq Lubis – Posted in: Authors

ABDUR-RAZZAQ LUBIS (also known by his Mandailing name Namora Sende Loebis) is an author and activist who writes on the environment as well as the social history and cultural heritage of Perak, Selangor, Kuala Lumpur and Sumatra, Indonesia. His publications include: Perak Postcards: 1890s-1940s (2010) Kinta Valley: Pioneering Malaysia’s : Modern Development (2005) Raja Bilah and the Mandailings in Perak: 1875-1911 (2003) Sutan Puasa, Founder of Kuala Lumpur (2018) Tarikh Raja Asal: Derap Perantauan Kaum…

Malaisie : la vie “épargnée” des missionnaires catholiques sous l’occupation japonaise June 11, 2021 – Posted in: Authors, In The News

Les bombardements, les arrestations, le rationnement… La vie sous occupation japonaise du Collège général de Penang en Malaisie se révèle directement à travers le journal inédit de son père supérieur. Il témoigne de la vie de ces « hommes blancs », ni en fuite, ni prisonniers, épargnés par l’occupant.En 1781, deux prêtres de la Société des Missions Etrangères de Paris débarquèrent en Malaisie comme réfugiés, après avoir fui le Siam. Le Collège général, destiné à la formation…

Authors & Contributors draft June 7, 2021 – Posted in: Authors

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Khoo Salma Nasution – Posted in: Authors

KHOO SALMA NASUTION is a writer, publisher and heritage advocate. She is author or co-author of about a dozen books, namely Streets of George Town (1993), Penang Postcard Collection (2003), Raja Bilah and the Mandailings in Perak (2003), Kinta Valley: Pioneering Malaysia’s Modern Development (2005), More Than Merchants (2006), Sun Yat Sen in Penang (2008), Heritage Houses of Penang (2009) and Redoubtable Reformer: The Life and Times of Cheah Cheang Lim (2015). Her recent book…